Very interesting, Marc, and disturbing. I will start a new thread to ask you for advice about a couple of my coins, so as not to hijack Ides' thread.
Nice!! :eek: I must have missed it, obviously.
They would have felt completely at home with clad coins. As the fineness of the antoniniani dropped, they were given a silver wash, so they would...
The argenteus was struck 96 to the Roman pound, or a little over 3 grams per coin. It had roughly the same weight and fineness of the early...
Mat nailed it. S. Alexander and Aurelian. LIBERALITAS AVG and ORIENS AVG types.
Quite right. If you wanted to collect a silver coin from this time period you'd be aiming for an argenteus, not that the earlier antoniniani...
I second Doug's question because I have some larger bronzes that appear to have been waxed. I've wondered if an acetone bath would remove the wax,...
It's a gorgeous coin, Ides. I see what you mean by the slightly flat strike on the reverse, but it's so minimal as to be inconsequential. What an...
The rooster head is really quite astonishing. TIF sums it by saying the engraving would be impressive enough on a larger coin, but at 10mm it...
And I may as well throw in this coin as well... Theodosius II AE3, Thessalonica mint: 408-23 Obv.: DN THEO-DOSIVS PF AVG; diademed, draped, and...
An excellent read, VK. Unfortunately, Theodosius' runner wasn't Marathon, or he may have spared himself (not to mention the citizens of...
Well the Phillip I ant is just plain righteous. Scarce Antioch issue, PM under the bust, strong strike, clean surfaces. It's a major home run! I'd...
Yeah, I know. This is one of my ornery ones... [ATTACH]
Outstanding!
It's very intriguing to think of ancient Roman coin collectors, and I wish there were more written records than the scant references of Pliny and...
I'll toss in a sestertius of Philip II. I collected this coin when I first became attracted to ancients, and it was one of the acquisitions that...
Zohar, the best place to go online is the Biblical & Judaean subforum on Forumancientcoins. There are a few "stickied" threads that teach you how...
Hey friends, here's an unusually strong example of this type. Those of you that have them know what I mean - they typically have very weak...
Meals are such nuisance during shows. I think the best solution is to carry around an IV drip.
This really is one of the most interesting threads on CT. Thank you to everyone for sharing their acquisitions. I recently came across this medal...
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